I Wanna Talk About Me, Wanna Talk About I, Wanna Talk about Number One oh my me my....

What's got me quoting lyrics from a Toby Keith song, you might ask. Well, this is part one of a three part series of tidbits ALL about me! Fascinating reading, folks! Enjoy!

1. My first concert was Rick Springfield, when I was in Jr. High. My best friend, Becca, and I thought we were the coolest kids EVER, except we were being escorted by our moms
2. I started watching General Hospital again last year just because I heard Rick was back playing Dr. Noah Drake. He shows up about once a month, but now I’m hooked on the damned show again.
3. I wish Paula Deen was my mom. Well, maybe not my mom, cause I have a pretty good one. Maybe an aunt instead. I LOVE her show and think she's just the cutest thing ever. I'd eat anything she cooks, mainly because she puts about a pound of butter in every recipe.
4. I couldn’t live without my Tivo. Sitting through commercials is torture to me. I’m spoiled. (Oh, wait. That should be #5)
5. Clowns scare me ever since seeing the Stephen King miniseries "It". "We all float down here." AAARRGGGHHH
6. My first pet was a blonde Cockapoo named Bear. He was the sweetest and softest dog in the world. Thinking of him still makes me smile.
7. My toenails are always painted, but my fingernails rarely are.
8. Speaking of toes, I wear a toe ring year round.
9. Paul McCartney is my favorite Beatle.
10. I preferred Dan Brown’s "Angels and Demons" to "The Davinci Code"
11. I quit playing the clarinet after my best friend and I were kicked out of 8th grade band for talking too much.
12. I don’t like to pick favorites, but "American Beauty" ranks in my top five movies of all time.
13. I’m the oldest of five… two brothers and two sisters
14. I’m the aunt of FIVE nephews, no nieces. *sniff sniff*
15. I wear contacts.
16. I love the movie "Jaws" and have to watch it EVERYtime its showing on cable, even though I own the DVD.
17. I’m in love.
18. I hate rice pudding. It’s not the taste, but the texture that makes me gag.
19. David Caruso also makes me gag.
20. I love roller coasters, but ferris wheels terrify me.
21. I had a waterbed when I was in high school.
22. I have an Angelina Jolie poster hanging in a spare bedroom in my house. This poster was purchased by me, and not my ex-husband. Yep.
23. French Vanilla Cappuccino? Yes. Hot Chocolate? Yes. Chai Latte? Yes!! Coffee? NO!! Shhhhhh! Don’t tell anyone.
24. I haven’t had a haircut in 8 months!
25. I love sushi.
26. I watched "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and I don’t care what anyone thinks about it. The dialogue was always funny and clever and I miss it! I miss the kicks. I miss the quips. I miss Spike!!!
27. I’m scared of snakes and spiders, although I have a feeling I’ll soon be the spider killer in the family.
28. When I was 7, I ran into a barbed wire fence and ripped my arm open. I received 38 stitches, but from the look of the awful scar, I actually needed about 380 to close the wound properly.
29. I once had posters of Shaun Cassidy and Leif Garrett hanging in my bedroom. Apparently I was REALLY into feathered hair in the late 70’s.
30. Probably my biggest pet peeve would be people that smack their lips when they eat and/or chew gum. I’ve been known to deliver a slap upside the head for that.
31. Christmas is my favorite time of year and I just may need to join a support group for Snowmen addicts.
32. I’m an avid fan of 24, but Kiefer Sutherland’s earlobes freak me out a bit.
33. My first car was a 1970 VW Beetle. For those of you keeping score at home, yes, that was the year I was born. My spoiled sister, on the other hand, HER first car was a brand new 1997 VW Jetta. No, I’m not bitter at all. Why do you ask?

Corny Beef Rehash

Okay, I've previously posted this blog, but I'm including a link to a video clip that will PERFECTLY illustrate just why I hate this man.

Damn you, David Caruso!

Every Monday night, I continue to engage in a most torturous activity... I grab a drink and a snack from the fridge, curl up on the couch in my den, and watch... CSI: Miami. You see... I despise David Caruso. You know.. David Caruso.. redhaired arrogant jackass that after one season on NYPD Blue, thought he was hot shit, and quit the show to be a movie star. Hmmmm... how did that work out for ya, David? For some reason classics such as "Kiss of Death", "Jade", and "Body Count" just don't appear in my DVD collection. (Please don't think that I actually KNEW the names of those movies.. I had to IMDB him.)

Apparently a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the William Shatner School of Acting, Caruso delivers the most overly dramatic lines I've ever had the misfortune to hear. The worst is at the end of the opening scene, right before the music... Here's a typical exchange:

Medical Examiner: "He almost decapitated her. He doesn't know his own power."
Caruso: "Well (dramatic pause) he's about...(dramatic pause) to know OURS."

From her bedroom, next to the den, my sister can hear me screaming at the TV. "Aaaaaarrrrghhhhhh! I fucking HATE him!!!" As usual, she laughs and asks me... why do you watch that stupid show? As usual, I have no answer.

Actually I'm reminded of a scene from the movie "Heathers". (Winona Ryder, Christian Slater. 80's movie)

Veronica's dad (smoking a cigarette): "Would somebody please tell me why I smoke these damn things?"
Veronica: "Cause you're an idiot"
Veronica's dad: "Oh yeah, that's it!'

Need I say more?

Check out this video. Here's your challenge... see if you can make it all the way through it without rolling your eyes and/or screaming at the screen.

http://www.break.com/index/david_caruso_one_liners.html

My New Love

Since vanquishing Diet Mt. Dew from my life a couple of months ago, I have been searching for a replacement beverage that didn’t resemble something that I put in the radiator of my car. Why is it named Mountain Dew anyway? It sounds like would be the name of a bottled spring water, not a beverage that you can pour on your car battery to get rid of corrosion. Perhaps it’s because the more appropriate monikers of Jolt and Coke were already taken.



I LOVE water and I used to drink it exclusively, but that was before I was lured into the trap of the caffeine laden liquid crack. I’ve gone back to drinking it about 80% of the time, but I just needed something with some flavor. I’ve always been a fan of Iced Tea, but never found a bottled tea that wasn’t Lemon flavored (ick!) or WAY too sweet (double ick). But my luck changed a few weeks ago when I happened on Lipton’s Diet Peach Tea.



Mmmmm I love me some peaches, but it seems that I always forget just how much. The taste of ripe, juicy peaches is indescribably delicious and Lipton’s has captured the flavor perfectly. Peach lovers rejoice! And for a certain someone who is a peach hater, well, just remember not to kiss me immediately after I’ve taken a drink.

Can you hear me Lipton’s people?!!! I fully expect a check from you for my ringing endorsement of your product!